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GRAIN MEASURE REGISTER AND SAGKER.

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JOHN FREDERIC PORTER, OF MOUNT \VASHINGTON, KENTUCKY.

GRAIN MEASURE, REGISTER, AND SACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,718, dated October6, 1885.

Application filed April 16,1885. Serial No. 162,457. (Model) To allwhom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN FREDERIC Pon- TER, of Mount \Vashington, inthe county of Bullitt and State of Kentucky, have invented new anduseful Improvements in a Combined Grain Measure, Register, and Sacker,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of one of my improved grain measures, registers,and sackers, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional frontelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of the same.Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the register-casing, showing thehinged plate for holding the register in gear.

The object of this invention is to provide machines for measuring andregistering grain as it comes from the discharge spout of agrainseparator or other discharge-spout, and which shall be simple inconstruction and convenient and reliable in use.

The invention relates to a combined grain measure, register,and sacker,constructed with a casing having open front and provided with adischargeopening in its bottom, and within which is pivoted a wheeldivided into compartments by radial partitions, and having in thebottoms of its compartments dischargeopenings closed by trap-doorsprovided with rollers at their free edges, the said wheel receivinggrain through a feed-hopper attached to the top of its casing, wherebythe grain can be measured and discharged from the machine by turning thesaid wheel. Vith the measuringwheel and its casingis connected a wormmeshing into the teeth of a worm-wheel provided with a long toothengaging with a gearwheel and tripping the pawl that holds the saidgear-wheel in position, the said wheels being pivoted to a frame andprovided with index-fingers, whereby the amount of grain passing throughthe machine is registered. The casing containing the registeringmechanism is provided with a plate to be interposed between the end ofthe said casing and the end of the frame carrying the said registeringmechanism to hold the said mechanism in gear, and which can be readilyremoved to allow the said mechanism to be thrown out of gear, as will behereinafter fully described, and then claimed.

A represents the bottom of the machine, which is supported upon a frameor support, B, of such a height as the place where the machine is to beused may require, and as will allow sacks to receive the grain to bereadily placed beneath the said machine and removed therefrom.

G is the casing, which is secured to the bottom A and extends around andcovers about three-fourths of the said bottom.

D is the measuring-wheel, which is divided into four (more or less)compartments by radial partitions E. The compartments of the wheel Dhave discharge-openings D in their bottoms, and are made hopper-shapedaround the said discharge-openings, so that the grain will flow outreadily. The discharge-openings D are closed by trap-doors F, which fitinto rabbets in the lower side of the bottom of the wheel D, are hingedat one end to a partition, E, or the bottom of the said wheel, and havesmall rollers G pivoted to their free ends to roll along the bottom A ofthe machine, the said rollers G being made of such a size as to hold thesaid doors F tightly closed until the said doors come over thedischarge-opening A in the said bottom A, when the said doors drop anddischarge the grain through the said opening. The edge of the bottom A,at the forward side of the dischargeopening A, is beveled, as shown inFig. 2, so that the doors F will be readily raised into place as thewheel D moves onward.

To the lower side of the bottom A, at the opposite sides of the openingA, are attached rabbeted cleats II, to receive the grooved upper end ofthe discharge-spout I, through which the grain passes into the bags, andwhich may be provided with hooks J, to receive and support the saidbags.

To the center of the lower side of the wheel D is attached a pivot, K,which revolves in a socket in the bottom A.

To the partitions E, at their point of meeting, is rigidly attached thelower end of the shaft L, which passes through and revolves ing M issecured aglass plate,

in a bearing in the top of the casing C. The upper end of the shaft Lrevolves in a bearing in a bar attached to the top of the casing M,attached to the top of the casing O, to receive the register mechanism.

Upon the shaft L is formed a worm or screw,

, N, the thread of which meshes into the teeth of theworm-wheel O,pivoted to a frame, P, placed within the casing M.

To the worm-wheel O or its shaft is attached a long tooth or wing, Q,which at each revolution of the said wornrwheel O engages with a toothof the gear-wheel R and turns the said gear-wheel through the space ofone tooth.

The gear-wheel R is locked in place by a pawl, S, pivoted to a rod, T,attached to the frame P. The pawl S is held down by its own weight, andis provided with a downwardlyprojecting arm, U, against which the toothQ strikes just before it engages with the gearwheel R and raises thepawlS out of gear with the gear-wheel R, and then turns the said gearwheelthrough the space of one tooth. As the tooth Qleaves the tooth of thegeanwheel R it also leaves the arm U of the pawl S, when the said pawldrops into place and again locks the said gear-wheel.

To the forward journals of the wheels 0 R are attached index-fingers VW, which move along scales of division-marks upon the front of the frameP to register the movements of the wheel D, and consequently the amountof grain that has passed through the said wheel.

In an opening in the front wall of the cas- X, through which thepositions. of the index-fingers V W can be readily seen.

The frame P is made a little shorter than the casing M, so that it canhave a slight longitudinal movement within the said casing to throw theworm-wheel 0 into and out of gear with the worm N. The frame P is lockedin place when the worm-wheel O is in gear with the worm N by a plate, Y,interposed be tween the outer ends of the frame P and casing M, andwhich for convenience is pivoted at one end to the said casing M, sothat it can be readily swung into and out of place.

The grain is introduced into the machine through a casing orfeed-hopper, Z, attached to the top of the casing G at the inner end ofthe casing M, and which has an opening in its top to receive the end ofthe spout of a grain-elevator, orotherconducting-spout. The tops of thecasings M Z are loose, so that they can be readily removed to giveaccess to the interior of the said casings.

In an opening in the front of the casing Z is secured a glass plate, a,so that the attendant can readily see when a compartment of the wheel Dis full, and can thus know when to turn thesaid wheel D to bring thenext compartment of the said wheel beneath the hopper Z and dischargethe contents of the full compartment into the bag.

The wheel D is designed to be turned. by hand.

To supports attached to the lower side of the top of the casing O, atits front edge and the middle of its rear part, are pivoted three smallrollers, 12, to rest upon the upper edge of the rim of the wheel D, orupon an inwardlyprojecting annular flange, c, attached to the said edge,so that the said wheel will be held down to its seat and made to revolveeasily.

To the upper side of the bottom A is attached a spring, d, which, as thewheel is revolved and comes into proper position for a full compartmentto discharge its contents and an empty compartment to receive grain,enters a recess, 6, in the bottom of the said wheel, and thus serves asa guard or check to prevent the said wheel from being turned too far ornot far enough.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a combined grain measure, register, and sacker, the combination,with the measuring-wheel D and its casing A O, of the worm N, worm-wheel0, having longtooth gear-wheel R, turned by the said long tooth, thepawl S, locking the said wheel R and provided with an arm, U, to beengaged by the said long tooth, the index-fingers V WV, attached to thejournals of the said wheels, and the frame P, substantially as hereinshown anddescribed, whereby the amount of grain passing through themachine is registered, as set forth.

2. In a combined grain measure, register, and sacker, the combination,with the casing M, attached to the cas ng of the measuring wheel, andthe frame P, carrying the registering mechanism, of the lockingplate Y,substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said mechanismwill be held in gear and can be readily thrown out of gear, as setforth.

3. The combination of the base-plate, the wheel having compartmentsprovided with trap'doors hinged at one end and provided at theiropposite or free ends with anti-friction rollers, the casing O, andanti-friction rollers journaled to the casing and bearing upon the rimof the wheel, whereby the said wheel has anti-friction bearings aboveand below, substantially as set forth.

JOHN FREDERIO PORTER. \Vitnesses:

F. P. STRAUS, J. F. CoMBs.

